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1 min ago | Common Dreams

Take Syria Seriously - And Stay Out

Syria's civil war has inspired some in Congress and in the media. Stupidity or insanity? Some people don't learn from past mistakes.

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Related Topix: Iraq, World News, Middle East, NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), US Military, US Air Force, US News

2 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Political Attacks Ramp Up In Mass. U.S. Senate Race

In Massachusetts, what's been a relatively lackluster campaign to fill the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Secretary of State John Kerry is heating up.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John Kerry, US News, US Senate, Democrat

4 hrs ago | Juan Cole

Obama: US will Continue its Targeted Killing with Drones

In a major speech the US president also announced that he has signed into force a new - and secret - rule book for lethal action that provides 'clear guidelines, oversight and accountability' for covert drone strikes.

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Related Topix: National Defense University, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News

Thu May 23, 2013

Daily Kos

Incredibly Brave UK Woman Tried To Talk Down Armed Alleged Terrorists

A horrifying murder took place Wednesday afternoon, in South East London. Two men in their 20's attacked and beheaded a British soldier with a machete-style knife.

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Related Topix: US News

Common Dreams

Top Six Facts Lost in the IRS Scandal

In the furious fallout from the revelation that the IRS flagged applications from conservative nonprofits for extra review because of their political activity, some points about the big picture Consider this our Top 6 list of need-to-know facts on social welfare nonprofits , also known as dark money groups because they don't have to disclose their ... (more)

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Related Topix: Non-Profit, US News

Common Dreams

Tax-Avoiding Corporations Siphoning Billions from World's Poorest

Some of the world's wealthiest corporations - utilizing secretive tax havens backed by powerful governments - are siphoning billions of dollars of potential revenue from the very same poor countries that foreign investment is so often said to be helping.

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Related Topix: US News

Common Dreams

Outrage in Chicago Follows Largest Mass School Closing in US History

The axe has come down in Chicago in the largest mass school closing in US history, an act opponents have called an attempt to further privatize the school system and "neoliberal savagery masquerading as school reform." Months of protests and public furor preceded the Chicago Board of Education vote on Wednesday to close 49 elementary schools and ... (more)

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Related Topix: Education Etc., US News

Common Dreams

A Stormy Hurricane Season Is Upon Us

Satellite image from Oct. 29, 2012, shows Hurricane Sandy off of Maryland and Virginia.

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Related Topix: Hurricane, Weather, Hurricane Sandy, Natural Disasters, US News

Common Dreams

Was the London Killing of a British Soldier 'Terrorism'?

Two men yesterday engaged in a horrific act of violence on the streets of London by using what appeared to be a meat cleaver to hack to death a British soldier.

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Related Topix: Terrorism, US Military, US Army, Fort Hood, US Military Prisons, Guantanamo Bay Detention Camp, Prison, US News

Daily Kos

Our Autistic Son's Arrest: Meet the People Behind the Temecula Special Ed Scandal

Tim Ritter is one of three people within the Temecula Valley Unified School District who were aware of the undercover police operation that occurred for several months on Temecula school campuses.

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Related Topix: Temecula, CA, Bell, CA, US News

Crooks and Liars

British Soldier Hacked To Death In London Terror Attack

An active duty soldier was "beheaded" Wednesday afternoon in London by machete-wielding assailants who were shot by police moments later, British media outlets reported.

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Related Topix: US News

MSNBC

Recommended: Oklahoma at risk of more tornadoes as storms threaten much of US

The National Weather Service published a map showing much of the U.S. had a "slight risk" of severe thunderstorms.

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Related Topix: Weather, US News

MSNBC

Recommended: 'A beautiful young lady': Funeral of girl, 9, is first for Plaza Towers tornado victims

The first funeral for a child killed when a tornado struck the Plaza Towers elementary school in Oklahoma was expected to be held Thursday.

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Related Topix: Obituaries, US News

MSNBC

Recommended: Amid the rubble, laughter and tears for one family devastated by tornado

A little treasure in the debris of a home that once welcomed Rebecca Garland's four grandchildren gave her such a delight as her friends and family scoured the mountain of rubble for any mementos left behind by Monday's powerful tornado.

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Related Topix: Tornado, Natural Disasters, Family, Kids, US News

National Public Radio

Same-Sex Couples Upset Over Removal Of Immigration Amendment

One of the provisions removed from the immigration overhaul bill would have allowed U.S. citizens to sponsor same-sex partners in the green card process.

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Related Topix: US News

OpEdNews

Syria as a Game-Changer: US Political Impotence in the Middle East

In an article published May 15, 2013, American historical social scientist Immanuel Wallerstein wrote, "Nothing illustrates more the limitations of Western power than the internal controversy its elites are having in public about what the United States in particular and western European states should be doing about the civil war in Syria." Those ... (more)

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Related Topix: US News

Wed May 22, 2013

Common Dreams

UN Warns of World Without Water

He issued the message on Wednesday, the International Day for Biological Diversity, whose theme for 2013 is Water and Biodiversity.

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Related Topix: Natural Disasters, Flood, US News

Daily Kos

Sergio Garcia is a Racist, and Adidas/TaylorMade Should Drop Him

Remember that time a young Tiger Woods burst onto the scene at the 1997 Masters, winning by a bucketful of strokes? Then remember the next year, when angry old white man Fuzzy Zoeller quipped that the "boy" was playing very well, and that the media should just tell him not to serve fried chicken, collard greens, or "whatever the hell they eat" when ... (more)

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Related Topix: More Sports, Golf, PGA Golf, Sergio Garcia, Golfers, Tiger Woods, Fuzzy Zoeller, US News

Daily Kos

The Moore, Oklahoma Tornado and Global Warming

Was the F5 tornado in Moore, Oklahoma caused by global warming? Probably not. There hasn't been an increase in tornado activity in recent years.

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Related Topix: Environment, Science, Moore, OK, Hurricane, Natural Disasters, US News

Daily Kos

Michele Bachmann says God will 'answer our prayers' and kill Obamacare

It is becoming profoundly difficult to give a damn about what Michele Bachmann thinks; despite this, however, she still insists on telling us.

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Related Topix: US News